The past three weeks we’ve been out looking at houses.
We know, we know. Leave Shipoke? That amazing neighborhood! And what about all the work we did? All the hours! All the money!
You, dear readers, deserve the backstory. A few weeks ago we happened onto the Fannie Mae website and found that the list price on sweet little Caracas dropped to a reasonable price. The laurels of the house that once put us through tremendous stress? Downtown Hershey. Out of a flood zone. Closer to where Cali teaches yoga classes. 2-car garage. A basement that could actually be used for storage. Room for a potential private yoga studio for Cali’s brand new yoga business (Menukha Yoga). So, we made a very low offer on Caracas, which in retrospect was a bad idea if we really wanted the house. Fannie Mae recieved 2 other offers on the same day (weird, and so unlikely) and we were out-bid. Sad. Very sad.
So in the spirit of all-of-a-sudden discontent with Shipoke, we started earnestly looking for a new house. Hershey. Hummelstown. Harrisburg. You name it. We wanted out. We even put our house on Craigslist and had a showing last week!
After this brief retreat from reality, we decided that we indeed do love Shipoke. We love living next to the beautiful Susquehanna River. We love being in such a central location. We love walking to the bank, and to the post office, and downtown for dinner or drinks. We love riding our bikes to the Broad Street Market. We love that our house oozes our personality. We love our back patio. We love our neighbors, especially Ethan, and we still love him even when he rings our doorbell multiple times each day.
So, now it’s time to settle down… we planted our veggies. We had held off for the past week and a half. We didn’t want to plant our garden, and then pick up and leave! Time to put our “roots” down. So we got busy and added to our raspberries, spinach, lettuce, cilantro, and basil:
- 5 broccoli
- 5 brussel sprouts
- 7 tomatoes (2 Beefsteak, 2 Brandywine, and 3 yellow cherry)
- 4 cabbage
- 4 hot peppers
- 4 sweet peppers
- mint
brussels, broccoli, spinach, and lettuce
peppers, cabbage, tomatoes
Give em’ a few weeks before the next photo shoot. We’ve been getting a tremendous amount of rain, so these little babies will grow quickly!
Wow…sounds like you’ve been busy, moving, then not moving, then falling in love again.
Sounds like something I would do. I LOVE the new yoga company. Wish we weren’t 3 hours away. I’d take one of your classes. And the website looks fantastic!!! Did you do all that yourself?? I’m impressed!!
Hugs from the Perraults